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“Although the United States Copyright Act, ... grants exclusive

jurisdiction for infringement claims to the federal courts, those

courts construe copyrights as contracts and turn to the relevant state

law to interpret them. Kennedy v. Nat'l Juvenile Det. Ass'n, 187 F.3d

690, 694  (7th Cir.1999)”; <i>Automation by Design, Inc. v. Raybestos

Products Co., 2006 WL 2636454 (7th Cir. 2006)</i><br>

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